Dependence of Biotic and Abiotic HO and •OH Production on the Redox Conditions and Compositions of Sediment during Oxygenation.

Environ Sci Technol

State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, No. 68 Jincheng Street, East Lake High-Tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430078, P. R. China.

Published: February 2024

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in O-perturbed subsurface environments has been increasingly documented in recent years. However, the constraining conditions under which abiotic and/or biotic mechanisms predominate for ROS production remain ambiguous. Here, we demonstrate that the ROS production mechanism, biotic and abiotic, is determined by sediment redox properties and sediment compositions. Upon the oxygenation of 10 field sediments, the cumulative HO concentrations reached up to 554 μmol/kg within 2 h. The autoclaving sterilization experiments showed that HO could be produced by both biotic and abiotic processes depending on the redox conditions. However, only the abiotic process could produce significant levels of •OH, and the production yield was closely related to the sediment components, particularly sediment Fe(II) and organic matter. Fe(II) bound with organic matter led to high yields of HO and •OH production. Sediment oxygenation contributed to the appearance of HO in groundwater, with the abiotic mechanism producing higher instantaneous HO concentrations than the biotic mechanism. These findings reveal that the redox conditions, compositions, and texture of sediments collectively control abiotic and biotic mechanisms for ROS production, which assists the identification of ROS production hotspots and the understanding of ROS distribution and utilization in the subsurface.

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